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Posted 21 December 2009 - 02:08 AM

ilko_t

Posted 21 December 2009 - 02:32 PM

...The only draw back is the drive letter for the UFD changes after second reboot so any paths set at T-13 for RunOnceEx are incorrect when you get to the desktop.

Changes from which to which? Which one is the "second reboot", the GUI mode, or after it?

it is possible to make install-USB_HDD with three operating systems (XP, Vista, 7) that the files from each placed in a different folders?

for example, files from WinXP.ISO in the directory "WINXP", files from 7 - in "WIN7", etc..?

You can place any versions of 2000/XP/2003 in the same partition, as many as you want using the beta WinSetupFromUSB (don't go beyond 99 thought ), and one of the Vista/7/server 2008 into the same partition. The other Vista/7/2008 must go in a separate partition, which should not be a problem since you are using USB hard disk. Vista and above cannot go into own folder, unless you launch first some type of Vista/7 PE, and start setup from cmd line executing setup.exe from the folder you placed the setup files.Have a look in the subforum, this has been discussed numerous times. At first page of this topic is also mentioned what's supported and what's not.

great job

Thanks

In other hand- call for community participation- only for a few hours since beta2 was posted it was downloaded over 1000 times, and not a single feedback so far. I can hardly release a stable version without some help with testing and feedback, no matter if there were issues or not.Guys, come on, give a hand

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kof94

Posted 21 December 2009 - 04:28 PM

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Changes from which to which? Which one is the "second reboot", the GUI mode, or after it?

At T-13 the UFD is still seen as D: but after the second reboot (after oobe, when RunOnceEx is started) it is seen as H: (I have card readers and other disks). It's no problem though I've just switched to using GUIRunOnce instead.

In other hand- call for community participation- only for a few hours since beta2 was posted it was downloaded over 1000 times, and not a single feedback so far. I can hardly release a stable version without some help with testing and feedback, no matter if there were issues or not.Guys, come on, give a hand smile.gif

Whats new, did you considered this:

...Edit: I nearly forgot... The feature I'd most like to see is an option that just creates the ISO without doing the file copying. I can copy/move setup.cmd and setup(org).exe myself!I also did a test removing migrate.inf... it made no difference....

ilko_t

Posted 21 December 2009 - 07:40 PM

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In other hand- call for community participation- only for a few hours since beta2 was posted it was downloaded over 1000 times, and not a single feedback so far. I can hardly release a stable version without some help with testing and feedback, no matter if there were issues or not.Guys, come on, give a hand smile.gif

Whats new, did you considered this:

...Edit: I nearly forgot... The feature I'd most like to see is an option that just creates the ISO without doing the file copying. I can copy/move setup.cmd and setup(org).exe myself!I also did a test removing migrate.inf... it made no difference....

This would require significant change in code, plus there are a few changes in the source folder- winnt.sif and fake setup.exe. Wouldn't do it unless there is enough interest in implementing it.

A lot of stuff is new, menu.lst creation is fixed, using short file names, excessive logging etc. Besides, there were just a couple of spartan reports for the previous beta As for what's new from 0.2.3- the whole method of installing:http://www.msfn.org/.../2-t139737.html

kof94

Posted 22 December 2009 - 01:36 PM

This would require significant change in code, plus there are a few changes in the source folder- winnt.sif and fake setup.exe. Wouldn't do it unless there is enough interest in implementing it.

Fair enough, I'm not a coder but an option that modifies the source instead of copying it first would be preferred by me. Besides rsync works alot better than copying the whole tree over and over again

I noticed that DSPdsbler.exe wont run, I get an error that it's not executable (Since when did Windows XP have an executable attribute ) . The commands and paths are identical to presetup.cmd from the DriverPacks so I'm starting to wonder if it's ever worked... especially since I have driver signing disabled in my winnt.sif anyway. Any thoughts?

ilko_t

Posted 22 December 2009 - 02:26 PM

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Fair enough, I'm not a coder but an option that modifies the source instead of copying it first would be preferred by me. Besides rsync works alot better than copying the whole tree over and over again

I don't get you here, are you saying to modify the source, before it's copied to the USB disk? Don't think it's good idea. And to copy the whole source to a temp folder just to modify a few files is also overkill. Anothr modified file is BTS presetup.cmd, with the new path to OEM directory.

I'm already using it and works like a charm

On 2000, and XP/2003, both 32 and 64 bit? I am only worried if mountvol.exe works that early on all versions equally well.

I added this to setup.cmd to hide the presetup.cmd terminal window:

It should hide as soon as I start using the regular fake setup.exe, not the debug version which shows the cmd window. Currently, for troubleshooting, as at that stage the troubles are expected, the debug version is used.

I noticed that DSPdsbler.exe wont run, I get an error that it's not executable

I recall something similar, will test again with a few sources and get back.

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Posted 22 December 2009 - 03:09 PM

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I don't get you here, are you saying to modify the source, before it's copied to the USB disk? Don't think it's good idea. And to copy the whole source to a temp folder just to modify a few files is also overkill. Anothr modified file is BTS presetup.cmd, with the new path to OEM directory.

No, no, no... *instead* of copying to usb stick i.e. do all the modifying of the source and creating the iso but not copying it to the usb stick.

I have my reasons, may be others will find it redundant but if you do this many times (testing etc) then a program like rsync would do the copying alot quicker by only copying (or removing) files that have changed. This will also reduce disk wear. Make sense?

On 2000, and XP/2003, both 32 and 64 bit? I am only worried if mountvol.exe works that early on all versions equally well.

Ah, fair enough... well 32bit XP works fine

I added this to setup.cmd to hide the presetup.cmd terminal window:

It should hide as soon as I start using the regular fake setup.exe, not the debug version which shows the cmd window. Currently, for troubleshooting, as at that stage the troubles are expected, the debug version is used.

setup.cmd is hidden by fake setup.exe but you still see the presetup.cmd because it's called by setup.cmd. You'd need something like hidec, cmdow or pistart to hide presetup.cmd as well.

I noticed that DSPdsbler.exe wont run, I get an error that it's not executable

I recall something similar, will test again with a few sources and get back.

Thanks.

I just lauched it manually from a seperate terminal and to be honest I don't thing I've ever seen it run in the entire fours years I've used the DriverPacks. I have a feeling it might have something to do with the start command but I have know idea how to work around that.

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Posted 24 December 2009 - 11:34 AM

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Hi,I do not know enough English. Google translate wrote this post:) I have a toshiba 4gb flash disk. I made the transaction http://www.sentire.c...a...amp;x=6&y=9 address. usb flash disk from the computer booted up. now my display "grub>" writes. Did it wrong? "grub>" prompt what should I write. Thanks to everyone.

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Posted 24 December 2009 - 05:05 PM

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Hi,I do not know enough English. Google translate wrote this post:) I have a toshiba 4gb flash disk. I made the transaction http://www.sentire.c...a...amp;x=6&y=9 address. usb flash disk from the computer booted up. now my display "grub>" writes. Did it wrong? "grub>" prompt what should I write. Thanks to everyone.

kof94

Posted 25 December 2009 - 07:54 AM

I noticed that DSPdsbler.exe wont run, I get an error that it's not executable

I recall something similar, will test again with a few sources and get back.

Thanks.

I just lauched it manually from a seperate terminal and to be honest I don't thing I've ever seen it run in the entire fours years I've used the DriverPacks. I have a feeling it might have something to do with the start command but I have know idea how to work around that.

Encase anyone is interested... I got a response over at DriverPacks.net on this issue.

It's only supposed to be used with the defunct KTD function so this error can be ignored.

fatih

Posted 25 December 2009 - 02:48 PM

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Hi,I do not know enough English. Google translate wrote this post:) I have a toshiba 4gb flash disk. I made the transaction http://www.sentire.c...a...amp;x=6&y=9 address. usb flash disk from the computer booted up. now my display "grub>" writes. Did it wrong? "grub>" prompt what should I write. Thanks to everyone.

Thank you very much for your answer.The first boot device in BIOS settings, hard disk. USB stick, in HD list. The first hard disk toshiba usb. Is not in removable disk list.boot on USB stick is successful."grub>" written in the command line. If this is not wrong: What should I write in the command line for see WinXP setup menu?If this is wrong.. Please help for this problem.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

fatih

Posted 26 December 2009 - 07:05 AM

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It was formatted "enable LBA FAT16X" (using PEtoUSB). the problem may be USB capacity's larger than 2GB. I was followed all steps on (sentire.co.uk...) snapshots.
after NTFS format (using hp tool)...
First part setup not complated. Setup could not create \WINDOWS folder.

fatih

Posted 26 December 2009 - 05:38 PM

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ilko_t, yes I tried. I need IIS on the USB stick, actually.
I tried install from CD, not installed. I saw a "blue screen error" to GUI part of installation. I thought of doing this will solve the problem. (?? If possible GUI part install complate... with this method (select and run GUI part from another apps)...) I can not tell..
because of your software and HOWto notes, now, I have learned to install windows from the USB stick. I can install windows from USB to any netbook. Thank you very much for your help and software.

Jeff_newbie

Posted 29 December 2009 - 11:09 AM

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First try - After booting up with usb and then selecting "XP Setup", then selecting "First part of XPpSP3 setup from partition 0". It loaded the drivers and as soon as it said it was starting windows I got a BSOD.

I have a Sandisk Cruzer 8gb USB drive - formatted using RMPREPUSB with the following settings:
-NTFS
-Boot as HD (2 PTNS)
-Using the XP NTLDR boot options

I've tried to put "codebox" tags around the log you posted, but weirdly the entire log disappeared. Please when posting such large text, put [code-box]large text[/code-box] around it. Remove the dash of course.

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